Stock-waterer.



. F. S. SEY

STOCK APPLIOATION PATENTED JUNE 21, 1904. MOUR. WATERER.

FILED AUG. 26, 1903.

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Patented June 21, 1904.

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK SANFORD SEYMOUR, OF MANCHESTER, lOWA.

STOCK-WATEREFL,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,331, dated June 21,1904.

Application filed August 26, 1903.

To on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that-I, FREDERICK SANFORD SEYMOUR, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Manchester, in the county of Delaware andState of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved StOck-WVaterer, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in apparatus forcontaining an automatically-regulated supply of drinking-water for livestock, particularly on farms, but also in towns, villages, and in suchother places as it may be desirable to care for the stock.

By means of my invention the water is kept clean and free from theeffects of the temperature, thus keeping the water cool in summer Theinvention resides in certain special features of construction andarrangement of parts, as will hereinafter be fully set forth.

This specification is an exact description of one example of myinvention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views. 7

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the bowl and its appurtenances. Fig. 2is a sectional plan on the line2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an elevationof the entire apparatus.

10 indicates the bowl, which may be of any desired size and shape, butwhich is preferably circular, with conical top and bottom ends, as-

shown. The conical bottom end of the bowl is connected to or formedintegral with a hollow column 11, forming an extension of the bowl andprojecting downwardly therefrom, the lower end of said column having ahollow enlargement 12, and these parts 10, 11, and 12 constitute thereceiver for the water. The top 14: of the bowl is adapted to be removedand is formed with orifices, as shown, so that the stock may reach thewater within the bowl. lnside of the bowl is arranged a heating-chamber15,which extends around the inner side walls thereof, and, as best shownin Fig. 2, one end of said chamber opens lateran No. 170,828. on)model.)

ally into a connection 16, while the other end has an upwardly-disposedoutlet-flue 17 which has connection at its upper end with a flue 18,formed in or secured to the top 14 for a purpose which will behereinafter fully set forth.

The connection 16 may be of any suitable construction, and it serves thedouble purpose of conducting hot air into the heating-chamber 15 and ofsupporting the cylindrical case 19. This case is constructed ofnon-conducting material in any suitable manner and has a removable top20, formed with a dead-air chamber 21 to prevent loss of heat from theinterior of the case 19. In this case a heat ing device of any suitablekind may be placed. I prefer and have illustrated in the drawings anordinary oil-lantern 22 for the reason that this is easier to handle andnot liable to be extinguished by any means. The case 19 is furthersupported by a bracket 23, which is fastened to the case and projectslaterally into engagement with the column 11. Air is supplied to thebottom of the case 19, so as to supply oxygen to the flame of thelantern by means of a branch 24, passing from a pipe 25, which extendsfrom the upper portion of the bowl 1O downwardly into communication withthe atmosphere. The pipe 25 serves, therefore, not only to conduct airinto the case 19 to support combustion, but also as an overflow ordrain-pipe for the bowl 10. The case 19 has openings 19, which servealso to supply air to the interior of the case; but the main supply ofair is through the upper end of the pipe 25.

The water-supply pipe 26 passes from any suitable source upward throughthe bottom of the column 11 into the lower portion of the bowl 10, whereit is provided with a T-joint and branch 27, the latter terminating in avalve 28, which may be of any desired construction, but which ispreferably what is known commercially as a diamond valve. This valve isopened to control the flow of water from the branch 27, and it isactuated by an arm 29, attached to the valve and connected with a rod30, extending vertically and carrying at its upper end a float 31. Thefloat is fastened to the rod 30 by means of a set-screw 32, and a rubberor other elastic cushion 33 is provided to increase the friction betweenthe parts at this point. The float is therefore adjustable on the rodand the lower end of the rod preferably is forked or otherwiseconstructed so that the parts 29 and 30 may be relatively adjusted.Fastened to the top 1 1 of the bowl 10 is the upper section 34 of thefloat-shield,this section being cylindrical and open at its lower endand having the cylindrical lower floatshield section 85 removablyfastened thereto by any desired means. The lower section 35 projectsdownward and is formed at its lower end with a longitudinal slotreceiving the arm 29 and permitting the free movement thereof. Thisshield incloses the float and its rod and prevents these parts frombeing disturbed by the animals as theydrink from the bowl. Thebefore-mentioned flue 18 leads into the upper section 34 of thefloat-shield, and this section is formed with orifices 3 1, throughwhich the gases from the flue 18 may reach the atmosphere.

A dirt-collector is provided to collect dirt in the bottom of the bowl,this collector being in the form of a tube 36, fitted in the upper endof the column 11 and projecting upward considerably above the same. 37indicates handles which facilitate the removal of the tube 36, and 38indicates a nipple formed in the tube for the passage of the branch pipe27, this nipple being packed with cotton or other similar material, asillustrated. A eonical gauze of woven-wire top 39 is provided for thetube 36, so that the water may have free passage into and out of thetube; but dirt and litter will be detained.

In the practical employment of the invention 1 sink the column 11 andits enlarged lower end 12 in the earth, so that the bowl alone projectsabove the surface, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3. I then buildaround the bowl a suitable eurbing40, provided with a cover 41 andhaving a removable wall, so that the interior of the curbing may beconveniently reached. Within the curbing I place a quantity of barnyardlitter, straw, and the like, which surrounds the column 11 and the bowl10 and not only protects these parts from the influences of the weather,but actually generates a certain amount of warmth. In the summer thismaterial within the curbing may be replaced by more earth, so as to keepthe water cool. The water flowing from the valve 28 fills the bowl 10,the float 31 automatically operating the valve to out off the water flowwhen a certain elevation of water has been reached within the bowl. Thistherefore maintains the water at a constant elevation and the stock maydrink therefrom through the orifices in the cover 1 1. The watercirculates through the bowl and column, the cold water ascending intothe column, where it is there warmed from the earth, and thence returnsinto the bowl, thus giving the water the natural temperature of theearth.

During extremely cold weather the lantern or heating device should beplaced within the case 19, and then the hot gases generated will passthrough the connection 16 and circulate around the chamber 15 and passthence through the fines 17 and 18 to the float-shield. This heats thewhole body of water in the bowl, and particularly heats the water withinthe float-shield, so that it is practically impossible for the water tofreeze and clog the movements of the float.

This invention is designed as an improvement over the structures shownin my prior patent, No. 661,622, dated November 13, 1900, and in mycopending application, Serial No. 124,929, filed September 26, 1902, andthe foregoing description, in connection with the prior art and theapplication, will make clear the purpose, use, and advantages of thepresent invention.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor detailsof myinvention may be re sorted to at will without departing from the spiritand scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all suchvariations as may lie within the intent of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination of a bowl, a column incommunication with the bottom thereof, a dirt-c0lleetor tube rising fromthe upper end of the column into the bowl, and a supplypipe passingthrough the column and having a branch extending laterally through thedirtcollector tube.

2. The combination of a bowl, a column in communication with the bottomthereof, a dirt-collector tube rising from the upper end of the columninto the bowl, a supply-pipe passing through the column and having abranch extending laterally through the dirtcollector tube, a valvecontrolling the discharge of the said branch, a float operating thevalve, and a shield inclosing the float.

3. The combination of a bowl, acolumn in communication with the bottomthereof, a dirt-collector tube rising from the upper end of the columninto the bowl, a supply-pipe passing through the column and having abranch extending laterally through the dirtcollector tube, a valvecontrolling the discharge of the said branch, a float operating thevalve, a shield inclosing the float, and means for heating the interiorof the shield, for the purpose specified.

1. The combination of a bowl, a column communicating with the bottomthereof, a supply-pipe passing upward through the bottom, adirt-collector tube fitted in the upper end of the column and risingabove the same, and a conical foraminated cup for the dirtcollectortube.

5. The combination of a bowl, a heatingchamber extending around thesame, a connection communicating with one end of the heating-chamber,the other end of the heatingchamber being adapted to have communicationwith the atmosphere, a case in communication with the connection andadapted to contain a heating means, and a tube passing from the upperportion of the bowl downward into communication with the atmosphere andhaving a branch leading into the said case.

6. The combination of a bowlhaving a heat ing-chamber therein, one endof said chamber being adapted to have communication with the atmosphere,a case adapted to contain a heating means and having communication withthe other end of the heating-chamber,

and a tube passing downward from the upper portion of the bowl intocommunication with the atmosphere and having a branch extending into thesaid case.

7. The combination of a bowl, a heatingchamber therein, a case havingcommunication with the heating-chamber, a cover for the bowl, and a fluecarried by said cover and having communication with the other end ofthe1 heating-chamber, for the purpose specifiec.

8. The combination of a bowl, a heatingchamber therein, a case havingcommunication with the heating-chamber, a cover for the bowl, a fluecarried by said cover and having communication with the other end of theheating-chamber, for the purpose specified, a float-shield attached tothe cover and communicating with the flue thereof, a float located insaid shield, a valve actuated by the float, and water-supply meanscontrolled by the valve.

9. The combination of a bowl havingaheating-chamber therein, a cover forthe bowl, a flue carried by the cover and communicating with theatmosphere and with one end of the heating-chamber, and means forconducting a heated fluid to the other end of the heatinglector tuberising from the bottom thereof into the bowLand asupply-pipepassedthrough said tube and having a lateral branch extending beyond the sameinto the bowl, through which branch the supply-tube discharges.

11. The combination of a bowl, a column communicating with the bottomthereof, a means for supplying water to the bowl, a dirtcollector tubefitted on the upper end of the column and projecting into the bowl, anda conical foraminated cap for the dirt-collector tube.

12. The combination of a bowl, a cover therefor, a flue carried by thecover and adapted to have communication at one end with means forsupplying heated fluid to the flue, a float-shield attached to the coverand communicating with the other end of the flue, a fioatlocated in saidshield, and means actuated by the float for controlling the water-supplyto the bowl.

123. In a stock-waterer, the combination of a bowl, open at its top topermit the stock to drink therefrom, walls forming a heatingchamberextending completely around the sides of the bowl, said chambercommunicating at one end with the atmosphere, a transversely-extendingconnection communicating with the other end of the heatingchamber andprojecting beyond the same, a case or inclosure separate from theheating-chamber and bowl and located at one side thereof, andcommunicating with said connection, and a heating device located in thecase or inclosure and adapted to supply heat to the interior of theheating-chamber.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK SANFORD SEYMOUR.

Witnesses:

E. B. STILES, GEO. H. Mo IsEY.

